17/12/16
After wriggling our way through the Dynamite Series with naught but candles last year, we decided to go for something a little wetter to make things a bit more interesting. Seeing as we’ve done Streaks Pot at least 40 times, we guessed we could probably do it with our eyes closed – or at the very least with a candle.
The four of us met at the hut, got changed, compared candle carrying contraptions (Sampo won) and got a lift up to the bend in Rob’s van. It was difficult enough getting up the hill to the top entrance, I’d gone for the glass jar approach and holding it out in front of you meant all you could see was a candle in a glass jar.
It felt a little hairy traversing over the pitch, not really seeing where your feet were going, but once on the handline, the slide down the rift was no problem. Down through the choke, the squeeze and into the streamway – which was flowing but reasonably low, and out through Nervous Breakdown for a quick regroup. The candles were working well, except Sam’s, which by now kept going out, meaning he did quite a bit of the section through to Donkey Dong and beyond with no light at all. It was a bit of a squeeze getting Sam’s barrel out through the lower entrance and apart from Rob accidentally surfing the lid down onto the road – everything went pretty well.
Quick change and off to The Moon, where Glyn, Glyn and Glenn (it was just as confusing at the time) joined us for food. (Mike, Rob, Ed, Sam)
Mike P
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